6.0Summary
A costume drama / satire about financial skull-duggery, and confidence tricksters in both the upper and lower classes in Victorian London. A working class man impersonates a lord who is supposedly very rich and a financial wizard. As such he is invited to all the best peoples' parties.
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- Date night
- Friends night
- Teens
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Cast
24 of 40
Derek JacobiMr. Frederick / Sir John
Paul BrookeLord Paramount
Corin RedgraveSir Thomas Neathouse
Roger HammondAugustus Roddick
Murray MelvinJeremy Ruttle
Jonathan CecilSir Martin Locket
Richard CliffordGeorge Locket
Bill WallisHenry Beauchamp-Harper
Hugh LloydViscount
Frederick TrevesSamuel Simpson
Irina BrookGeorgiana Shillibeer
James CosmoMr. Bowring
Miriam MargolyesMrs. Bowring
Philip McGoughMr. Croker
Ian GelderHenry Gibbs
Joan SimsLady Daphne
Dilys HamlettLady Emma
Maria AitkenLady Amelia
Stratford JohnsArthur Shillibeer
Richard CaldicotDuke
Patricia HayesThe Dowager Duchess
Jim CarterMr. Blackthorn
Miranda RichardsonColumbine / Rosalind / Ophelia
Crew
- Directed by
- Christine Edzard
- Written by
- Christine Edzard, Olivier Stockman
- Produced by
- Christine Edzard, Richard Goodwin
- Music by
- Michel Sanvoisin
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Facts
December 7, 1990 · 2 h 20 min · Drama
- Released
- December 7, 1990
- Runtime
- 2 h 20 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Original language
- English
- Made in
- United Kingdom
- Budget
- $8 million
- Box office
- $79,139